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Procedure price report · Radioisotope scan and function studies

Thyroid scan with uptake measurement

CPT 78014the billing code this page is about

Imaging of the thyroid gland after a radioactive tracer is given, combined with one or more measurements of how much tracer the gland absorbs.

Hospitals typically charge $1,007 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,708 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,025. Most fall between $508 and $1,723 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,708
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 2,708 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$394$580$1,007$1,541$2,470

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($394 vs $2,470).

How the prices are spread

$259 – $337: 71 hospitals$259$337 – $439: 161 hospitals$439 – $572: 296 hospitals$439$572 – $744: 289 hospitals$744 – $969: 351 hospitals$744$969 – $1,262: 439 hospitals$1,262 – $1,643: 375 hospitals$1,262$1,643 – $2,139: 217 hospitals$2,139 – $2,784: 147 hospitals$2,139$2,784 – $3,625: 92 hospitals$2,784median $1,007price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,438 of 2,708 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$259$33771
$337$439161
$439$572296
$572$744289
$744$969351
$969$1,262439
$1,262$1,643375
$1,643$2,139217
$2,139$2,784147
$2,784$3,62592

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$408
Median cash price$1,007
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.5×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,007.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: median $626 across 21 hospitalsME$626Vermont: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $1,216 across 15 hospitalsNH$1,216Washington: median $943 across 53 hospitalsWA$943Idaho: median $1,425 across 16 hospitalsID$1,425Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: median $791 across 10 hospitalsND$791Minnesota: median $667 across 76 hospitalsMN$667Illinois: median $1,099 across 114 hospitalsIL$1,099Wisconsin: median $1,070 across 99 hospitalsWI$1,070Michigan: median $722 across 72 hospitalsMI$722New York: median $630 across 93 hospitalsNY$630Massachusetts: median $1,134 across 46 hospitalsMA$1,134Oregon: median $948 across 38 hospitalsOR$948Nevada: median $820 across 14 hospitalsNV$820Wyoming: median $1,014 across 12 hospitalsWY$1,014South Dakota: median $1,591 across 20 hospitalsSD$1,591Iowa: median $858 across 62 hospitalsIA$858Indiana: median $963 across 83 hospitalsIN$963Ohio: median $1,374 across 138 hospitalsOH$1,374Pennsylvania: median $1,134 across 108 hospitalsPA$1,134New Jersey: median $484 across 57 hospitalsNJ$484Connecticut: median $747 across 18 hospitalsCT$747Rhode Island: median $553 across 10 hospitalsRI$553California: median $1,204 across 192 hospitalsCA$1,204Utah: median $1,875 across 35 hospitalsUT$1,875Colorado: median $1,326 across 52 hospitalsCO$1,326Nebraska: median $1,007 across 32 hospitalsNE$1,007Missouri: median $740 across 61 hospitalsMO$740Kentucky: median $994 across 56 hospitalsKY$994West Virginia: median $823 across 29 hospitalsWV$823Virginia: median $984 across 67 hospitalsVA$984Maryland: median $1,309 across 35 hospitalsMD$1,309Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $658 across 39 hospitalsAZ$658New Mexico: median $567 across 16 hospitalsNM$567Kansas: median $668 across 50 hospitalsKS$668Arkansas: median $417 across 21 hospitalsAR$417Tennessee: median $466 across 76 hospitalsTN$466North Carolina: median $772 across 83 hospitalsNC$772South Carolina: median $1,083 across 47 hospitalsSC$1,083Oklahoma: median $676 across 39 hospitalsOK$676Louisiana: median $508 across 47 hospitalsLA$508Mississippi: median $458 across 39 hospitalsMS$458Alabama: median $952 across 32 hospitalsAL$952Georgia: median $1,058 across 88 hospitalsGA$1,058Hawaii: median $1,016 across 11 hospitalsHI$1,016Texas: median $1,315 across 199 hospitalsTX$1,315Florida: median $1,653 across 160 hospitalsFL$1,653
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,007. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Utah UT35$1,875+86%$1,085 – $2,205
Florida FL160$1,653+64%$790 – $4,937
South Dakota SD20$1,591+58%$1,368 – $1,758
Idaho ID16$1,425+41%$943 – $1,483
Ohio OH138$1,374+36%$820 – $1,802
Colorado CO52$1,326+32%$881 – $3,708
Texas TX199$1,315+31%$632 – $2,155
Maryland MD35$1,309+30%$681 – $1,704
New Hampshire NH15$1,216+21%$805 – $1,957
California CA192$1,204+20%$625 – $2,319
Massachusetts MA46$1,134+13%$752 – $1,711
Pennsylvania PA108$1,134+13%$472 – $1,754
Illinois IL114$1,099+9%$617 – $2,063
South Carolina SC47$1,083+8%$802 – $1,407
Wisconsin WI99$1,070+6%$223 – $1,336
Georgia GA88$1,058+5%$480 – $1,886
Hawaii HI11$1,016+1%$915 – $1,282
Wyoming WY12$1,014+1%$601 – $1,723
Nebraska NE32$1,0070%$507 – $1,590
Kentucky KY56$994−1%$641 – $1,685
Virginia VA67$984−2%$637 – $2,530
Indiana IN83$963−4%$725 – $1,493
Alabama AL32$952−5%$537 – $1,767
Oregon OR38$948−6%$834 – $1,205
Washington WA53$943−6%$659 – $1,397
Iowa IA62$858−15%$657 – $1,154
West Virginia WV29$823−18%$461 – $1,582
Nevada NV14$820−19%$434 – $2,843
North Dakota ND10$791−21%$566 – $1,205
North Carolina NC83$772−23%$543 – $1,483
Connecticut CT18$747−26%$613 – $1,638
Missouri MO61$740−26%$525 – $1,322
Michigan MI72$722−28%$542 – $1,079
Oklahoma OK39$676−33%$506 – $1,153
Kansas KS50$668−34%$472 – $1,322
Minnesota MN76$667−34%$471 – $1,135
Arizona AZ39$658−35%$352 – $1,233
New York NY93$630−37%$452 – $1,638
Maine ME21$626−38%$368 – $992
New Mexico NM16$567−44%$216 – $1,216
Rhode Island RI10$553−45%$447 – $979
Louisiana LA47$508−50%$325 – $860
New Jersey NJ57$484−52%$355 – $1,210
Tennessee TN76$466−54%$300 – $939
Mississippi MS39$458−55%$308 – $714
Arkansas AR21$417−59%$151 – $656
Vermont VT8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,007.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,158$1,015$503 – $1,802
Children’s43$1,593$601 – $2,498
Critical access497$941$525 – $1,531
Ownership
For-profit396$1,299$600 – $3,685
Government397$849$476 – $1,351
Non-profit1,905$996$506 – $1,628
System affiliation
Part of a system2,287$1,027$511 – $1,802
Independent421$927$501 – $1,520

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,740
Median cash price$1,007
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

1,921 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,058 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,060; most fall between $553 and $1,682.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,921 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$403$630$1,058$1,504$2,234

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($403 vs $2,234).

Of the 2,105 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,921 gave a usable cash price; 101 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 83 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,708 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (68%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,976 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,708
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here174
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded93
Hospitals that filed this code2,976

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Radioisotope scan and function studies family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Thyroid Uptake W/Blood Flow Sngle/Mult Quan Meas|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Thyroid scan with uptake measurement (CPT 78014) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-78014-thyroid-scan-with-uptake-measurement